as in to disgust
to cause to feel disgust
sickened by the awful sight of the polluted river
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Recent Examples of sicken
The recent measles outbreak in South Carolina sickened nearly 1,000 people before public health officials got it under control.
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Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 29 Apr. 2026
In 2025, an outbreak sickened more than 500 people in 48 states, with 125 people hospitalized and two deaths.
—Jonel Aleccia, Chicago Tribune, 27 Apr. 2026
In the end, 997 people were sickened by the vaccine-preventable disease since October and at least 21 of them were hospitalized, based on voluntary reports to the state.
—ABC News, 27 Apr. 2026
Over the past two winters, the flu sickened more people than Covid.
—Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 27 Apr. 2026
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Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 29 Apr. 2026
In 2025, an outbreak sickened more than 500 people in 48 states, with 125 people hospitalized and two deaths.
—Jonel Aleccia, Chicago Tribune, 27 Apr. 2026
In the end, 997 people were sickened by the vaccine-preventable disease since October and at least 21 of them were hospitalized, based on voluntary reports to the state.
—ABC News, 27 Apr. 2026
Over the past two winters, the flu sickened more people than Covid.
—Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 27 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sicken
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The researchers also found that being young, female, and well educated increased the odds that someone would be moist averse, as did being disgusted more generally by bodily functions.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Apr. 2026
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Some were disgusted, while others were filled with joy.—
Amethyst Martinez,
USA Today,
16 Apr. 2026
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Anyone who has worked in or observed the media industry for the last couple of decades will recognize and be repulsed by nepo-baby Jay, who is undeniably villainous.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
30 Apr. 2026
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Floyd, distraught by his own physical failures, is nevertheless repulsed by the sight of Carol in her big, burly ump gear.—
Alexandra Schwartz,
New Yorker,
24 Apr. 2026
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Hiram Crombie is shocked and appalled that Jamie is taking the Trading Post from him and kicking him and the other men off Fraser’s Ridge?—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
10 Apr. 2026
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The proposal appalled the science community and lawmakers.—
Victor Tangermann,
Futurism,
9 Apr. 2026
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Rebecca Sherman Weatherford, Texas As viewed by this lawyer in Missouri, what Keefe (no relation) describes is nauseating.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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The smell was overwhelming, a nauseating mix of rotting food, burning plastic, chemicals and decay that clung to my clothes and skin.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
15 Apr. 2026
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The woman who was pistol-whipped during an armed robbery at a Family Dollar store in Albany Park last weekend said she was horrified to learn one of the two men who were arrested was also accused of later shooting two Chicago police officers, killing one of them.—
Jermont Terry,
CBS News,
2 May 2026
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Muirhead recalled being horrified and unable to process the admission right away.—
Jessica Sager,
PEOPLE,
2 May 2026
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“Sicken.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sicken. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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